soaring

adj. flying at a great height, gliding; flying upward, ascending, rising

v. fly at a great height, glide; fly upward, ascend; increase, rise

Soaring is a mode of flight in which height is gained slowly by using air that is moving upwards. It arises in the flight of both aircraft and birds.For the sport of soaring, see Gliding, Hang gliding and ParaglidingFor Soaring magazine, see Soaring Society of AmericaFor a list of birds that soar, see List of soaring birds
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Noun
1. the activity of flying a glider
(synonym) glide, gliding, sailplaning, sailing
(hypernym) flight, flying
(hyponym) hang gliding
(derivation) hang glide, soar
Adjective
1. ascending to a level markedly higher than the usual; "soaring prices"
(similar) high
2. moving to great heights with little apparent effort; "a soaring eagle"
(similar) moving
3. of imposing height; especially standing out above others; "an eminent peak"; "lofty mountains"; "the soaring spires of the cathedral"; "towering iceburgs"
(synonym) eminent, lofty, towering
(similar) high

Noun
1. the act of rising upward into the air
(synonym) zoom
(hypernym) rise, ascent, ascension, ascending
Verb
1. rise rapidly; "the dollar soared against the yes"
(synonym) soar up, soar upwards, surge, zoom
(hypernym) rise, lift, arise, move up, go up, come up, uprise
(hyponym) billow, wallow
2. fly by means of a hang glider
(synonym) hang glide
(hypernym) fly, aviate, pilot
(entail) glide
(derivation) zoom
3. fly upwards or high in the sky
(hypernym) fly, wing
(derivation) zoom
4. go or move upward; "The stock market soared after the cease-fire was announced"
(hypernym) rise, go up, climb
5. fly a plane without an engine
(synonym) sailplane
(hypernym) glide
(entail) fly, aviate, pilot
(derivation) glide, gliding, sailplaning, soaring, sailing
(classification) air travel, aviation, air

a. & n. from Soar.
  

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1. State, Operator And Result. A general problem-solving production system architecture, intended as a model of human intelligence. Developed by A. Newell in the early 1980s. SOAR was originally implemented in Lisp and OPS5 and is currently implemented in Common Lisp. Version: Soar6.
E-mail: soar@cs.cmu.edu.
["The SOAR Papers", P.S. Rosenbloom et al eds, MIT Press 1993].
(1994-11-04)
2. Smalltalk On A RISC. A RISC microprocessor designed by David Patterson's at Berekeley.
(1994-11-04)